Zeev -if you use that Logic then anyone can say someone told them anything... where does it stop? You say its the end of a story... its the end of one persons story and thats Fine.. But if David leibermans story is fact... then all my opinions Fact then RIGHT??? that is if we simply take a fellow mopers statements as Fact and the end of story.. If a person said on the list You said in a call you sold re-prints as Originals what recource would YOU take and what would you exspect from MOPO to think? Didnt another Mopoer question the validty of the same dealer and wasnt the other dealer saying same.?

Get it? what Ive suggested is a unbiased area like Lamp where the facts could be collected, sorted and documented and left for interpitation... Is it true is someone publicly makes statements that will harm a dealer or business reputation that it could be damaging and oen to exposure?

And Zeev how is it you are speaking for a conversation that you were not even on the phone hearing?

what is that about? hey Zeev I saw a UFO with a green Guy reprinting LOBBY cards. next to Tim Hortons.. on weds.. flying over Canada..in his Flying sauser,,,. believe that? OK?? credible because i warned YOU!

Let me make it clear I have No idea what posters Eggbert has or am i defending him , or Minty whites or any poster period.. I have just offered my 30 years of memorys and what i remembered about these reprints as I saw many,, Ive offered a 1988 catalog that has pictured many in question. we sold them 10-20 and also sell originals. and have for years, However I must say this whole recent round of mintys and all... is quite boreing and shows me personally how the hobby has lost much of the fun it seemed to have back in 70s and 80s// I used to love hearing about the people that were collected and inside storys how the business worked.. when on occassion I could speak to a old timer it was a treat.... Myron Gittinger a newsreel photographer from the 203 and 30s was from here and he showed me his reels..in like 1974 on a Kodascope projector and he did the famous Rockets on ice skates shots where a skater does a backflip...he used lots of set up shots on a handcrank universal camera...he did movietone and paramount newsreels they called hem stringers,,.. anyways,,, I miss my passionate customers.. they were concerned about shareing Hollywood history.

and Zeev, WW11 wasnt hearsay. it was fact supported by undeniable eveidence and numerous witnesses
physical support..  etc...  You are Jokeing right???? bad anaolgy- shame !

Also ask yourself this... why would Eggbert tell him he was passing off repos.. in the 1st place and not to defend Greg However in the USA we laws that say you are innocent until proven Guilty so why would anyone allow any dealer to be spoken about withour ability to respond? thats unfair and cruel. and Zeev You should know better, what if the reverse was done to You or Dave
and a statement made saying what you said?
Some people say things in gest, Not meant to be taken litterally

Yes most comments we are discussing are hearsay based ( he said / she said unless Proven in court with evidence and documents. and facts.

verbal Testimony of what was said without additional support would never hold up in court.(IMHO) would it councelors?..


disclainer- not a atty or actor - or airline pilot
consult legal council  for opinions



lobby card invasion wrote:

Hello Tom
You've said plenty. I won't go into analysis of every statement of yours, because then my post will be even longer than yours and I suspect most people here would not be intersted in that at all. And I don't blame them!! But in essence, if we want to clean up the hobby of the very few wrong doers, we got to start somewhere!! Lets not jump on the first guy who had some balls!! Yeah, I know, hearsay, it won't stand in the court of law. But we are not trying to convict anyone, just to warn this small fraternity of ours of the very few stinkers operating within it. And I AM NOT SPEAKING OF ANYONE IN PARTICULAR, lets make that clear. The way Lieberman told his story, Egbert told him that he is selling repros and passing them off as originals. You call this hearsay? Then maybe WWII is also hearsay? Lieberman is saying that's what Egbert told him, "end of story". This IS the end of the story, unless you KNOW this story to be different, or Egbert says that it ain't so. What is your objection? And Dave, forgive me if I am speaking on your behalf, but I have the feeling you had enough. Zeev ---- Original Message -----

    From: Tom Martin <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
    To: lobby card invasion <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
    Cc: [email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>
    Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 8:01 PM
    Subject: Re: [MOPO] Strange Manhattan Style B Bridge "rolled" 1-sheet

    HI Zeev - I like you too and thanks for the business and  these
    comments..
     let me attempt to claify...
    I responded to Kusomotos email thanking David for devulging the
    source of Manhatten as being Eggbert
     The way I understood it was that when David made the statement he
    said that Eggbert had told him
    some things about the posters.. then he said he (eggbert) knows
    they are not real- end of story..
    as though it was a finite fact  or conclusion based on David
    Leibermans testimony of a phone call..
    Perhaps the councelors on the list will aggree this is hearsay..
    All my statements are baased on my personal opinion and to the
    best of recollection and could contain inacurate dates and time
    and places as this has been 30 year spread of time.. In law we
    would have time for discovery, and to get documents supporting
    allegations, also we could get bonifide statements from witnesses
    under oath... as i see it and what irks me is that anyone on a
    list that makes a accustion can
    start rumors or unverified speculative assumpstions. .. without
    PHYSICAL samples or specimins.
    So as far as why I say trace down the Printers and sources.. I
    meant if a family tree were done as far as when the purported
    posters surfaced and by whom... I would guess in my experiance
     many of the minty whites came from the Find that was in clevlend
     in 80s  of closed down nation screen... then they were sold-
    traded to numerous dealers accrooss the world.. and then... My
    personal spectulation  not based on anything factual  but
    pondering  is that someone actually took some better titles and
    did a run of reprints.. that would explain the confusion.. because
    I know that many poster printers do repros off other printers in
    old days it got so bad that the dots would get the moirie effect
    and skew...Now with digital and as someone showed i think Andrea
     the time is here when they can do printing that rivals any from
    the past.... so it will look sharper that the original..  To
    answer why i would then contradict and say you can never find the
    sources is simple.... we have no idea if we are even speaking
    about the same posters or run
    as even the reprints can be reprinted... get my point??  and
    yet... IF we had a place like Sue and Eds that chronicled all the
    data it could give a indicator as to some considerations of
    origination.. But still
    It would take serious resources and Time and its just not worth
    it..in the Big picture .
    I addressed that also... the time spent with studio attorneys and
    investigators would turn them up however most the sources are in
    Europe and the Laws are differant.. and also most reprints are
    never legally lisensded anyways,, and for the quantity sodl would
    not PAY to stop the forgers,...and they Move like Gypsies...
    so..... whats the point??? because some collectors want the
    original release... If you legally LOOK
     they were never to be sold or even given away as the lisenseing
    was for exhibit use ONLY and if they sold them then the artist and
    actors and all would get a piece of the cake... so You collect
    stolen materials...
    If we are to all  be  real... yes the studios and NSS  say
    return....some studios have sued to gt back wardrobe like From
    John Lebold.. who bought it from them... they changed thier minds
    when they saw the BUX

    So everyone return your stolen Movie posters back to Hollywood..:)

    Interesting note.. ebay wont let 35mm feature films be sold yet
    16mm can be.,. so that theatres dont play
    GWTW or other classic and make Money..

    In closeing My point was to start getting facts not hearsay or
    naming dealers that may have sold a poster

    that is still not verified by any legal document but only
    speculation on a news group...Opinions area great

    and perhaps if we just limited to our opinion..  My opinions are
    meant to help the hobby not confuse and
    If I defend anyone its hopefully for positive reasons.

     My point was  to be carefull who we accuse as the posters can in
    some cases fool the best and  I agree that if a person knows and
    passes off  bootlegs its bad business. I personally like reprints
    and see a need for them for customers and movie lovers that
    appeciate the film art medium..

    However even national screen used some repros  on some films and
    also the re-releases,

    Hopefully I  answered your questions Zeev if not please tell me
    what needs clarification.

    best, T



    lobby card invasion wrote:

    I must jump into this conversation.  I have a problem with some
    of the things that were said on this topic.
First off Tom's post. I don't think that David Lieberman either said, or implied that
    Greg Egbert was the "single source" of the posters in question.
You, on the other hand, are saying, if I understand you
    correctly, that there are many fakes, many fakers, that some
    dealers handle both fakes and authentics, some tell you which are
    fake, some don't, and its all so complicated ......that there's
really no point even persuing it. Just recently, when we were discussing the Minty White inserts
    you said:
"what about simply traceing what dealers made the purported
    IInsert reprints and during what years??"
Even though we are now discussing another poster, one aspect
    still remains the same. An item that is possibly fraudulent, is
    being passed off as an original.  Dave Lieberman was courageous
    enough to report merely one "alleged offender".  I think that is
    a first step in achieving exactly what you suggested, but now
    you're saying :
" I think that trying to find sources can be misleading.." Are you not contradicting yourself? Secondly, Rick Ryan's says in his post: "To tell you the truth, I'm not a big fan of people who fink on,
    rat out.....other people"
My question to Rick is this: if you know someone is cheating
    collectors by selling repros and passing them off as originals,
    and you go and make their name public, does that make you a
    "fink" or a "rat"?  Don't you think that if one cares about the
    hobby, such action on his part would actually be helpful and
    commedable?
I can understand that some people may be privy to information
    that may incriminate others, but are reluctant to come forward
    for a veriety of reasons.  They know that innocent people are
    getting burned by the unscroupulous ones all the time, but choose
    to be silent for the sake of "self preservation".  I can
    understand that. But when someone finally comes forward and blows
    the whistle, do we call him a "rat" and a "fink"?
Finally, I just want to go on record saying that I DO NOT KNOW
    MR. EGBERT, never dealt with him, and never heard anything about
    him, good or bad.  Therefore I do neither support or reject
    Lieberman's assertion.  I simply listen, and with time, will
    arrive at my own conclusions.
    I met and dealt with Tom Martin, bought posters and lobby cards
    from Lieberman and Rick Ryan, and have nothing but good things to
    say about all three, as people and as dealers.
(So don't you go busting my ass now :-) ) Zeev ---- Original Message -----

        From: Tom Martin <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
        To: [email protected]
        <mailto:[email protected]>
        Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 1:39 PM
        Subject: Re: [MOPO] Strange Manhattan Style B Bridge "rolled"
        1-sheet

         Maybe he does .. im  not defending that the posters are
        real..... or how he conducts himself. I m just trying to
        claiify that the reprints went to many sources not Just one
        person ur  Greg,,
        Kusmotos statement was as if you had found the single sourge
        the posters originated from
        If you can do that you probably could find Osam Bin Laden...
        so get real..

        However remember  some of the dealers that have originals
        also did re-stickes ( reproductionc) and also carry posters
        from others that were repros.. some were good - like the ones
        from Texas. and also Micael Savageau
        Of Po-flake ( illinois) who did great titles.. ( lost his
        investment on it)   yep Adam Fishman of NYC did MPR
        posters  and last i heard Marty bought them.. i could have
        bought many of these lots and did..
        I bought two pallets of artiricordi of Italy.... Ira Roberts
        of Beverly hills.. and many many more...
        however I didnt print them.... I jsu bought remainders many
        of the legit poster dealers sold one sheets as they got the
        rights,,, even  Musicland with there connections Got One stop
        posters of Montery Calif to shrink wrap supposed 1 sheets
         that even had a sticker ( suncoast was my customer who is
        owned by same goody- aka Musicland- and owne -oncue//  )   so
        i know alittel about the mass market
        Greg sells to Hollywood shops and dealers and does internet..
        he was a advertiser in Movie collectors world and has sold
        los of posters..

        yes many dealers will not tell the customers the deal...

        as far as finding the source I dis agree  the source for a
        pile but the fact is those postesr have been sold by 100s if
        not 1000s of people that have assumed they had the original.

        as you stated on Mopeo you couldndt tell the differance,,  so
        you are saying Greg is the source??

        maybe of some  and if he admists it to you  whats that
        mean???  If he wants to run his business that

        way  thats his choice..  But to  state hes the single source
        for those manhattens is in my opinion incorrect

        as I bought some from England , Italy and Germany...

        sorry not end of story// you found one dealer.. that has some
        reprints .

        and im not defending Greg as I havent spoke to him in  afew
        years. But fact is he was  one of the largest buyers of
        posters of volume.. and bul lots

        before you make concrete statements  such as   " end of story
        "  and saying one dealer is the source

        of all reprints of a title  wouldnt it be prudent to  know
        the facts?

        no cigar David   go back to  start..

        I have some of my  Hollywood Dream factory® 1988  fully
        illistrated catalogs that depict many of the posters in
        question Ill send anyone for 10.00  postpaid while they
last...a collectable itself postpaid. then you can see what i mean and it was 1988 when
        many of the repros were fresh

        paypal accepted.  419-662-5584 or mail pobox 5861 Toledo,
        Ohio 43613



        David Lieberman wrote:

        egbert knows they are not real.  he told me. end of story.
David A. Lieberman
        CineMasterpieces.com
        602 309 0500




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